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Abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds King and council The Abbot and convent of Bury...

Catalogue reference: SC 8/45/2232

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Reference
SC 8/45/2232
Date
[1327]
Description
Petitioners
Abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds
Addressees
King and council
Nature of request
The Abbot and convent of Bury St Edmunds complain that after a previous violent attack and robbery by the people of Bury St Edmunds, as a result of which they had to seal with their common seal a charter containing various franchises, obligations and quitclaims, which the townspeople are now exercising and claiming, these people have continued to attack and harass them severely. The king did summon both parties before him to try to reach an accord, but failed, and forbade each side to harm the other. Hearing that the townspeople were continuing their attacks, he has sent them many writs ordering them to stop, but they have paid no attention. The Abbot and convent request a remedy.
Nature of endorsement
They are to sue at common law because the matter concerns the party. And if they wish to sue by oyer and terminer, they are to have one of the king's grace.
Places mentioned
Seint Esmon (Bury St Edmunds), [Suffolk]
People mentioned
The people of Bury St Edmunds
Note
CPR 1327-30::pp. 214-5 is dated at Nottingham, 24 October 1327. The commissions in CPR 1327-30 pp.217-9 are dated at Nottingham, 2 November 1327, Clipston, 14 November 1327, and Clipston 29 November 1327. They clearly refer to the same matter.
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Parliamentary Petition 2969
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw III, vol. I, 1327-1330, (Public Record Office, 1891), pp. 214-15 (Commission to Thomas, Earl of Norfolk, and others, to arrest the people besieging the abbey and others, and to imprison them; and to repair the abbey) & 217-19 (commissions of oyer and terminer into the attacks on the monks)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9062442/

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